title: Impacts of globalization in health.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Globalization is the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas, and other aspects of culture. Globalization describes the interplay of macro-social forces across cultures. The purpose of this study is a systematic review of the bibliography on the impacts of globalization in health. The consequences of globalization on health present a twofold dimension, on the one hand affects the health of the population and on the other hand organization and functioning of health systems. As a result of globalization, there has been an undeniable economic development and technological progress to support the level of health around the world, improving the health status of certain populations with a beneficial increase in life expectancy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In many aspects globalization is good but there are many problems too.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Andriani
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ioannou
authors.forename: Aggelos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mechili
authors.forename: Aikaterini
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kolokathi
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diomidous
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005544:Forecasting; D014943:Global Health / Q000639:trends*; D006291:Health Policy / Q000639:trends*; D038622:Internationality